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Ospizio al Colle del Piccolo S.Bernardo, Italy. Languages such as Italian ('ospizio') and Spanish ('hospicio') have words that sound like 'hospice'. But they mean something different: old people's home, poorhouse, refuge for migrants.

What happens when the doctor says ‘hospice’ and you understand ‘poorhouse’?

May 29, 2014Health & Medicine

Many words sound similar in English and Spanish: car, carro; fruit, fruta. But watch out: ‘hospice’ and ‘hospicio’ do not mean the same thing. Many words sound similar in English and Spanish: car, carro; fruit, fruta. But watch out: ‘hospice’ and ‘hospicio’ do not mean the same thing.

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